Creepy cars

About the car: Steam, having been used on railroad, was the power of choice when inventors created horseless carriages. Why it's scary: By the mid-1920s, Stanley Steamers had 23 pages of instructions on how to start the car. No wonder: There's a pilot light, a kerosene tank, a boiler and countless valves. Do it wrong, and it blows up.

About the car: Steam, having been used on railroad, was the power of choice when inventors created horseless carriages. Why it's scary: By the mid-1920s, Stanley Steamers had 23 pages of instructions on how to start the car. No wonder: There's a pilot light, a kerosene tank, a boiler and countless valves. Do it wrong, and it blows up.

About the car: This motorized buckboard has a 2-horsepower Briggs and Stratton motor powering a rear-mounted, fifth wheel. Why it's scary: Marketed for children, the Flyer lacked a body, windshield or doors. You slow it two ways: by moving a lever, which picks the fifth wheel off the ground, or by pressing the brake pedal, which presses the rear fenders against the tires.

About the car: This motorized buckboard has a 2-horsepower Briggs and Stratton motor powering a rear-mounted, fifth wheel. Why it's scary: Marketed for children, the Flyer lacked a body, windshield or doors. You slow it two ways: by moving a lever, which picks the fifth wheel off the ground, or by pressing the brake pedal, which presses the rear fenders against the tires.